Which non-employment roles DO NOT meet the Volunteer Police Check type?

Non-employment reasons that do not meet the Volunteer check type include:

- tenancy (rental) purposes

- social media participation reasons

- insurance related purposes or to support business that operate on private premises

- placing an Au Pair or overseas students in a family home

- participation in television productions

- family day care providers (operating on a commercial basis) who require checks for any residents on the premises where in-home care is being provided to children.

* A volunteer check cannot be submitted for applicants applying for the Australian Government’s Work for the Dole Scheme.

Although in these instances the individuals are not seeking employment, they do receive personal benefits, payments or entitlements as a result of the activity that they are undertaking, and/or they are not undertaking an activity which enhances or extends benefit to the community at large.

A volunteer police check can be requested if the applicant will:

- freely hold the position or perform the role on a voluntary basis for the common good not be an employee or contractor and will not be entitled to a salary or any other entitlements associated with the position or role, other than payment of out of pocket expenses, or

- the applicant is a student undertaking a compulsory unpaid vocational placement as part of a training course requirement of an Australian-based educational institution.

An applicant should be able to provide evidence about the role they are applying for to ensure that they are entitled to a volunteer check.